Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-21

vote Of each district n! ough 4 Chairman
to be Selected by themselves. all CT
which is respectfully submitted.
BRYAN T. BARRY,
Chairman.
Attest: G. 81. RICHARDSON, SeC'y.
Upon she aDnUuacem-E # The result,
the chair appOiJtd Hon. John Peter
Smith aud II N. Bryan I. Barry to con-
duct tie chaiIIa4 10 The platform. Up n
reaching the platform General NJ KY ad-
dressed the convention briefly. He
thanked them for the honor conferred
and venluIed tbs hope that 20 prejulce
Jr passion, no question Of local, sectional
Or other strife be allowed to CJDe IL.
The great interests Of The state, the rsil-
reads, tie farms, tee m3nuiAclu-es, cspl-
til and labor, al were mutually re
ciprocsl and interiepe ndens ana the
sooner the people-slI The peopIt-under-
stood this the better. We wsDted people
nere-nOt dio1es nor anarchists, nor
communists-but good people who would
come in 10 build up and develop the in
terests OF the state. He expressed the
belief that Il come feasible plan vas
adopted and shown to the railroads, these
institutions would cooperate with alsc-
Ivy SOoHSS-CSl G1si tAlOl1 AM AOA-
bearsnce, and exhorted oil to work for
The best interests OF Texas.
Colonel j. +. Simpson moved the Gp
continent o. commit ee Of eleven mem
GERS, one from each Congressional dis
trict, to cO1fer with the railroad msr&-
gers and obtain from them definite and
authoritative statement CT their intentions
IN the m.tter-in other words, what they
proposed to do about it. A delegate
from Tom Green county amended the
motion by adding to it that the committee
be instructed to report TO the convention
st 10 g. N. tomorrow. This was the sig
Isl fer the fun.
Il Was crcus.
The said and practical business men
who were going TO talk and act cold hard
sense, forgot their promises and 8 hun
dred hands went up ana hundred "Mr.
Chsirmans" were hesrd. Everybody Rad
something tc say. The outgoing Chair
man had reported in obedience to instTuc
tons from the convention, that ne had
visited the railroad officials and had been
informed by them that they would coop
crate with the people end would wait un-
til what the people we're going to 90 had
| oeen settled on. They would not be sbIe
to do anything just now but would CO op-
crate. Colonel r G. Lowe, managing
editor of the Galveston NaWe, read & let
ter which he had received from Colonel
". 81. Newman, expressing the willing
ness Ct The railways TO Cooperate with
the people Of Texas.
Res luti0ns were offered criss-cross
sad otherwise, and speeches were made
without number without anything being
accomplished.
Mr. Denis II from Hopkins offered g
resolution appointing g committee 80
draft aud map out g course CT procedure
| for the convention.
Hon. j. n Browning endeavored to
have the rules CT the Legislature adopted
for the government OF the body.
Captain ". G. Veal had nos been to
the Legislature. and did not know them.
Captain B Paddock Cffered s. substi-
tute for Mr.. Denis0n's resolutions, to the
effect that committee OF eleven
be appointed TO confer with the
railroads I'll over the country with q
view of getting low rstes; also that
county organic atoms be formed snd that
each place or district have bureaus fer
the publication Of advertising matter,
etc. C8p:ain Paddock made a ringing
spaeca in favor of his resolutions, and
pointed out their virtues. He carried the
house by storm, and had the question
been submitted TO s. vote then the res0lu-
lions would have been adopted by large
majority.
Judge Kittrell, Of Leon, offered al
amendment to the ffrct that certain
classes of statistics should be prepared to
refute slandess on the state, ana made s
ringing speech.
Mr.. Laeker from Galveston, asked Cap
tain Paddock how the money was to be
raised. He found out.
Captain Paddock pledged the Fort
Worth and Denver City aud the f jft
Worth snd Rio Grande Railways to carry
people for l cent q mile Or less, il any
other road would do the same.
Mr. Doherty opposed some Of Mr.. Pad
docks resolutions. He wanted state
central head.
Hon. Bryan T. Barry supported Mr
Paodock's resolutions and pledged the
Houston and TtX.s Central Railway TO
carry people as cheaply as sny other road
IN the country.
Mr.. Browning offered & resolution ap.
pointing committee on resolutions, 10
which ell resolutions should be referred
Lost. This did not Kill Mr.. Paddock's
resolution, but it wounded it badly, and
left it hors du combat.
Various modes and methods were sug-
gested and discussed.
A motion to tasle Mr.. Denison's reso-
ulons and Csptsin Paddock's amend
ment was carried.
MI. Browning came smiling to the
mark with resolution creating q COM
mit,ee OF thirty-one members from each
senatorial district to whom all resolu-
tons should be referred, and by well
directed aim, shot it through in fying
colors.
A motion was carried limiting the dis
cussion to five minutes. A few more
motions were made Of no special in
portance, and the hour of adiournipg
having arrived the convention adjourned
to mt ct at the Merchants Exchange TO-
morrow.
Down the dim, voiceless valleys of the
very distant future something may be
done to secure immigration to Texas
without the ad of the railroads, but it
will be wien the children below the
scholastic age are venerable grand
parents. The question is SIMPLY,
"Will the the railroads DO anything?"
Will they?